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Bottles overflowing with foam!
Please help!
I made a Milestone Crusader, bottled it two weeks ago, it didn't say anything about bottle conditioning it but i just followed the info i'd been given with my previous kits which was to add half a teaspoon per bottle.
Now when i open a bottle, it turns into a foaming volcano which does two things, 1. overflow half the bottle 2. kicks up all the sediment so the remaining half is so cloudy you can't see your hand through the glass!
Have I blown it? or can it be salvaged?
Out of interest, should all bottled ales undergo a secondary fermentation? or do some not require it?
Thanks, Wyndham
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Posted 11 months ago by Moderator
Have you bottled it before it had finished fermenting?.
What was the final gravity?, it needs to be 1.012 or preferably lower.
Keep the bottles as cold as you can without freezing and drink them up soon.
Fermenting: Marynka pseudo-lager
Maturing/Conditioning:
Drinking: Wheat beer, ESB, Vienna lager & shop bought stuff
Posted 11 months ago by Moderator
+1 to hamish - looks like a unfinished ferment.
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Posted 11 months ago by Admin
Does it taste okay? You can get too much foaming when you have a bacteria infection.
Posted 11 months ago by Member
Hi, Thanks
It tastes ok, i'll try and keep it cold and drink it up. Whats the best way to check gravity? i can't seem to do it very well, thought it was ok but not sure!
Posted 11 months ago by Moderator
Its best to take a starting reading (before yeast) and a final reading (just before bottling/kegging). This will tell you how much percent the beer will be. Your better of bottling/kegging when the reading is constant over 48 hours - this shows no more yeast activity so we call this the final gravity (or final reading).
Hope it helps and I hope your brews good!
Plannin'-
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Posted 11 months ago by Member
Just started a crusader on monday, the instruction say it should read 1040 Og if instruction are followed which mine did, fermenting rapidly and can see it being ready to barrel over the weekend but have not taken any readings yet as its still fizzing happily. dont think it matters how you do it but just do it the same for each reading when they match up for a couple of days then keg. I leave the hydrometer in the FV (once sterilised ) after the second reading
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